2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

1982
Record: 4-5, 4th NFC Central
Date W/L Score Opponent Att
9/12 W 17-10 Chicago 71,337
9/19 W 19-14 at L.A. Rams 59,470
11/21 L 17-20 at Chicago 46,783
11/25 L 6-13 NY Giants 64,348
12/6 L 13-28 NY Jets 79,361
12/12 W 30-10 at Green Bay 51,875
12/19 L 31-34 Minnesota 73,058
12/26 L 21-23 at Tampa Bay 65,997
1/2 W 27-24 Green Bay 64,377
NFC Playoffs
1/8 L 7-31 at Washington 55,045
Usual Starters
Offense
Defense
WR 87 Fred Scott
LE 75 Dave Pureifory
LT 72 Chris Dietrich
LT 79 William Gay
LG 61 Homer Elias
RT 78 Doug English
C 65 Amas Fowler
RE 60 Al Baker
RG 67 Don Greco
LLB 53 Garry Cobb
RT 70 Keith Dorney
MLB 57 Ken Fantetti
TE 80 Ulysses Norris
RLB 52 Stan White
WR 39 Leonard Thompson
QB 16 Gary Danielson
LCB 27 Bobby Watkins
RCB 28 James Hunter
RB 20 Billy Sims
FS 35 Alvin Hall
RB 24 Dexter Bussey
SS 23 Ray Oldham
Pro Bowl Selections: Keith Dorney (T), Doug English (DT), Billy Sims (RB)
Team Statistics Det Opp
Total First Downs 160 162
Rushing 60 54
Passing 83 96
Penalty 17 12
3rd Down: Made/Att 42/126 50/129
3rd Down Pct. 33.3 38.8
Possession Avg. 30:12 29:48
Total Net Yards 2534 2722
Avg. Per Game 281.6 302.4
Total Plays 598 591
Avg. Per Play 4.2 4.6
Net Yards Rushing 1022 854
Avg. Per Game 113.6 94.9
Total Rushes 283 371
Net Yards Passing 1512 1868
Avg. Per Game 168.0 207.6
Sacked/Yards Lost 30/242 32/230
Gross Yards 1754 2098
Att./Completions 285/136 288/155
Completion Pct. 47.7 53.8
Had Intercepted 18 18
Punts/Average 48/40.9 46/39.8
Net Punting Avg. 33.9 32.5
Penalties/Yards 58/548 74/605
Fumbles/Ball Lost 23/8 21/8
Touchdowns 19 20
Rushing 5 6
Passing 12 11
Returns 2 3
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Lions 72 31 37 41 - 181
Opponents 24 58 33 61 - 176
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Murray 0 0 0 0 16/16 11/12 0 49
Hill 4 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
Sims 4 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
L. Thompson 4 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
Thomas 0 0 0 0 3/3 5/5 0 18
Nichols 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Hall 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
King 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Oldham 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Rubick 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Scott 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Lions 19 5 12 2 19/19 16/17 0 181
Opponents 20 6 11 3 20/20 12/21 0 176
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Sims 172 639 3.7 29 4
Bussey 48 136 2.8 10 0
Danielson 23 92 4.0 16 0
King 18 67 3.7 25 3
Hipple 10 57 5.7 20 0
Kane 7 17 2.4 6 0
L. Thompson 2 16 8.0 13 0
Nichols 1 3 3.0 3 0
Rubick 1 1 1.0 1t 1
Scott 1 -6 -6.0 -6 0
Lions 283 1022 3.6 29 5
Opponents 271 854 3.2 18 6
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
Sims 34 342 10.1 52 0
Hill 22 252 11.5 27 4
L. Thompson 17 328 19.3 70t 4
Bussey 16 138 8.6 21 0
Scott 13 231 17.8 36 1
T. Porter 9 124 13.8 23 0
King 9 74 8.2 14 1
Nichols 8 146 18.3 48t 2
Norris 3 51 17.0 30 0
Kane 3 25 8.3 12 0
Cobb 1 25 25.0 25 0
Martin 1 18 18.0 18 0
Lions 136 1754 12.9 70t 12
Opponents 155 2098 13.5 85t 11
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Danielson 197 100 1343 50.8 6.82 10 5.1 14 7.1 70t 19/145 60.3
Hipple 86 36 411 41.9 4.78 2 2.3 4 4.7 52 11/97 45.0
T. Porter 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 39.5
Skladany 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 39.5
Lions 285 136 1754 47.7 6.15 12 4.2 18 6.3 70t 30/242 55.5
Opponents 288 155 2098 53.8 7.29 11 3.8 18 6.3 85t 32/230 63.7
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
Watkins 5 22 4.4 20 0
White 3 21 7.0 18 0
Hunter 2 36 18.0 36 0
Cobb 2 12 6.0 12 0
Oldham 1 35 35.0 35t 1
Smith 1 10 10.0 10 0
Gay 1 7 7.0 7 0
Gray 1 5 5.0 5 0
Williams 1 4 4.0 4 0
Hall 1 2 2.0 2 0
Lions 10 173 17.3 49 1
Opponents 25 316 12.6 78t 5
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B
Skladany 36 1483 41.2 - 3 6 59 0
James 12 481 40.1 - 2 3 50 0
Lions 48 1964 40.9 33.9 5 9 59 0
Opponents 46 1830 39.8 32.5 3 7 53 0
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Martin 26 5 275 10.6 58 0
Lions 26 5 275 10.6 58 0
Opponents 26 4 237 9.1 35 0
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Hall 16 426 26.6 96t 1
Martin 16 268 16.8 27 0
King 2 23 11.5 12 0
Kane 1 19 19.0 19 0
L. Lee 1 14 14.0 14 0
Lions 36 750 20.8 96t 1
Opponents 38 755 19.9 76 0
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Murray 0/0 6/6 2/2 3/4 0/0
Thomas 0/0 0/0 3/3 2/2 0/0
Lions 0/0 6/6 5/5 5/6 0/0
Opponents 1/1 4/5 3/7 3/7 1/1
NFL Standings
NFC W L T Pct Pts OP
Washington 8 1 0 .889 190 128
Dallas 6 3 0 .667 226 145
Green Bay 5 3 1 .611 226 169
Minnesota 5 4 0 .556 187 198
Atlanta 5 4 0 .556 183 199
St. Louis 5 4 0 .556 135 170
Tampa Bay 5 4 0 .556 158 178
DETROIT 4 5 0 .444 181 176
New Orleans 4 5 0 .444 129 160
NY Giants 4 5 0 .444 164 160
San Francisco 3 6 0 .333 209 206
Chicago 3 6 0 .333 141 171
Philadelphia 3 6 0 .333 191 195
L.A. Rams 2 7 0 .222 200 250
AFC W L T Pct Pts OP
L.A. Raiders 8 1 0 .889 260 200
Miami 7 2 0 .778 198 131
Cincinnati 7 2 0 .778 232 177
Pittsburgh 6 3 0 .667 204 146
San Diego 6 3 0 .667 288 221
NY Jets 6 3 0 .667 245 166
New England 5 4 0 .556 143 157
Cleveland 4 5 0 .444 140 182
Buffalo 4 5 0 .444 150 154
Seattle 4 5 0 .444 127 147
Kansas City 3 6 0 .333 176 184
Denver 2 7 0 .222 148 226
Houston 1 8 0 .111 136 245
Baltimore 0 8 1 .056 113 236
Was defeated DET, 31-7, GB defeated StL, 41-16, Min defeated Atl, 30-24, and Dal defeated TB 30-17,
in NFC first round playoffs. Was defeated Min, 21-7, and Dal defeated GB, 37-26, in NFC second round
playoffs. Was defeated Dal, 31-17, for NFC title. Mia defeated NE, 28-13, LARd defeated Cle, 27-10, NYJ
defeated Cin, 44-17, and SD defeated Pit, 31-28, in AFC first round playoffs. NYJ defeated LARd, 17-14, and
Mia defeated SD, 34-13, in AFC second round playoffs. Mia defeated NYJ, 14-0, for AFC title. Was defeated
Mia, 27-17, for NFL title in SB XVII.
IN 1982: Artificial heart implanted for the first time in Dr. Barney Clark at the University of Utah
Medical Center.
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